chicago_shearer Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Remember back in the Colo 'will he won't he' thread when Coloccini shirts in the club online shop was considered the definitive proof of his signing? Because no club would be stupid enough to sell shirts of a player they hadn't officially signed? http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/2008/08/dumb_football_c_1.html#more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Chelski for ya. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 City to sign Argentine Pablo Zabaleta........they`ve got a really good player there, can play right back and right midfield. Not sure if that means Corluka is on his way to Spurs then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I love the way none of the papers even got a sniff off Saha signing It was hinted at for a couple of weeks by self-proclaimed ITK's on forums but I didn't think there was much in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ricardo Quaresma has signed for Inter.. No he hasn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 theres talk the deals done RM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Everton target Gooch! http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gooch-main.jpg http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/29/be-afraid-everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K9 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I love the way none of the papers even got a sniff off Saha signing It was hinted at for a couple of weeks by self-proclaimed ITK's on forums but I didn't think there was much in it. Good signing imo, i reckon it'll but a small fee as well He can be a class player when fit. So keep him fit and you've got a bargain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 theres talk the deals done RM. I'm well aware, nothing confirmed yet though. Just media talk last time I looked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I wouldn't take the risk on Saha at 30 years old with his injury record. If they can get him playing football matches consistently I reckon he'll do well there. Pretty much paves the way for Berbatovs move to Man U though they're still ridiculously low on strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxaux Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ricardo Quaresma has signed for Inter.. Has he, got a link mate? Thought it had fallen through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 An Italian paper and TV station are saying it last time I checked, and the likes of Goal.com are stsrting to pick up on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I love the way none of the papers even got a sniff off Saha signing It was hinted at for a couple of weeks by self-proclaimed ITK's on forums but I didn't think there was much in it. Good signing imo, i reckon it'll but a small fee as well He can be a class player when fit. So keep him fit and you've got a bargain Only a nominal fee apparently. Man Utd probably wanted to shift his wages before they sign Berbatov on a big contract. I'm happy to take a gamble on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Pavlyuchenko has had a medical at Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Pavlyuchenko has had a medical at Spurs. He'll flop. Money on the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Pavlyuchenko has had a medical at Spurs. He'll flop. Money on the table. Its like Rebrov never happened for them. I might be way off the mark but I can see him failing in the same way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Pavlyuchenko has had a medical at Spurs. He'll flop. Money on the table. Its like Rebrov never happened for them. I might be way off the mark but I can see him failing in the same way I haven't really seen enough of the lad to make a educated judgement on him but correct me if I'm wrong but most people's reservations were that although he gets a goal or two he misses a lot more chances. Well to me that makes spuds a perfect fit for him, if there is one thing you can guarentee is that they'll create chances with the players they've got. if they create 5 or 6 a game and he puts 1 or 2 of them away then I would take that if I were a spuds fan. I'll not be surprised if he gets 20 plus goals this year but like I said I haven't seen nearly enough of him, just based on what you lot are saying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Milner - £12 million Ferdy Jnr - £8 million Barry - £18 million (wanted) This summer in England average players are all the rage expect to pay top prices. Jonas - Free Colo - £10 million Deco - £8.5million South Americans from Spain BARGAIN BUYS!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Seen this on another forum. If it cheers you up FWB, there's a lad on Bluekipper who posted about Jacobsen, Castillo and Saha way before all the transfers were announced (before anyone had even heard of the first two full stop!), and he's posted this evening that he's heard Moutinho and M'Bai are done deals.... I think I would literally spunk myself to Mars if we got them both in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 that would make me sick. afar might be right about pav actually. but russia were just so good in the euros they'd have to have the best midfield in the league, and they dont, its good, but not world class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 looks like ince has used his lower league knowlage to find the player who will take over the number one jersey from Robbo in about january. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7588261.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/aston-villa-fc/2008/08/29/villa-boss-o-neill-says-he-deserves-to-spend-50m-on-players-65233-21636433/ Villa boss O'Neill says he deserves to spend £50m on players Aug 29 2008 By James Peacock Aston Villa’s signing of James Milner took Martin O’Neill’s summer outlay to roughly £50million, a figure the manager believes he has earned the right to spend after working to relatively meagre budgets at his previous clubs. In the week that Gareth Barry committed his future to the club following incessant overtures from Rafa Benitez, O’Neill is starting to resemble a man pleased with his work in the transfer window. Eight new players have arrived and the relief at his linchpin’s decision to stay put was palpable, as he spoke ahead of his side’s clash with Liverpool on Sunday: the irony of that fixture was lost on no one. O’Neill has been supported unequivocally by his owner, Randy Lerner, with whom he has the sort of harmonious relationship his Liverpool counterpart can only dream about with the Anfield hierarchy, a point never more proved than in the saga surrounding Barry. The Villa manager stressed that relations between he and Benitez are not as strained as many would believe, considering the Spaniard’s controversial pursuit of Barry, as he insisted there were no bragging rights to be gleaned from the England midfielder’s decision. He said: “I don’t think my relationship with [benitez] is wildly important. He has his own things to worry about and I have mine. “I don’t call managers every day asking them how they are, and nor do I expect them to phone me. “I am sure we will have a drink and a chat after the match and I am sure shaking hands afterwards will not be a problem. “We don’t think we have won the battle over Gareth Barry: I want to make that clear. It’s nothing to do with that and, while I am relieved he is still here, this is not a triumphalist shout - far from it - because we don’t know what will happen in the future. “It is not the case of having won because I didn’t win anything at all. “We all felt Liverpool were going to complete the deal and I am glad it didn’t happen.” O’Neill confirmed that Martin Laursen will remain the club’s captain, an appointment he made after resigning himself to losing Barry, suggesting the ousted skipper’s focus must be on the pitch. He added: “It has gone on for so long it has been to no one’s advantage; although the obvious bonus for us is that he’s still here. “Gareth now has to knuckle down and get back to playing the football that was good enough, at this club, to get him in the England squad and playing well in the England team. “There is hot competition for places in the England team, especially in midfield. “I don’t care what anyone says, the players in there are blindingly good. My belief is that is if things don’t work out now it won’t because Gareth Barry is playing for Aston Villa and not Liverpool. That would be a contradiction. “That’s not the way he will be thinking now.” Nevertheless, that Barry is still a Villa player is undeniably an intention of the club’s intent to mix it with the top four. O’Neill spoke lucidly about his desire to return the club to “where it belongs” at the higher echelons of the top division, an ambition reflected in the manager’s expenditure. One supposes the relationship between expenditure and expectation is symbiotic, but O’Neill doesn’t agree. “The chairman has said I have earned the right to spend that money and he has always said he would back me, something I have never doubted for one minute,” he said. “Many clubs spent far more than us last season and didn’t do nearly as well. “In terms of increased expectations, I don’t think [the spending] makes a jot of a difference – absolutely not. “There was pressure on us to achieve last season and I am delighted that for first time ever I have actually spent some money. “I didn’t want to die not knowing what that luxury was like. I couldn’t do it at Leicester because we never had the money. “At Celtic I spent £6 million on Chris Sutton which was the same fee we recouped for Mark Viduka, who wanted to leave. “But that was at the same time as Rangers were spending £12 million on Tore Andre Flo and had some wonderful players so we had to try and compete in some aspects. I am not a kid in a sweet shop – but this is an opportunity for us to move forward and I am delighted the chairman has given me his full support.” Good article. I do like O'Neill even after todays events, and think Keegan deserves the same luxury Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ever Banega has signed for Atl. Madrid from Valencia.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ever Banega has signed for Atl. Madrid from Valencia.. Again, not completely correct. He has signed on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ever Banega has signed for Atl. Madrid from Valencia.. Again, not completely correct. He has signed on loan. Well he has still "signed" hasn't he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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